Reptiles
What is the term that describes how reptiles regulate their body temperature based on the external environment?
What is 'Ectothermic"
Where do sea turtles lay their eggs?
What is 'on the beach'
What type of diet do crocodiles have?
What is 'carnivorous'
What is 'about 70'
What is the body adaptation that all marine reptiles have to get rid of excess salt from the water they live in?
What is 'Salt Gland'
How many species of sea turtles are there?
What is '7 species'
What is the most noticeable difference between crocodiles and alligators?
What is 'narrow head and skinnier snout'
What part of the world are sea snakes primarily found in?
What is 'Indian and Pacific Oceans'
What is the diet of the marine iguana?
What is 'herbivore'
Which marine reptiles are the most common?
What is 'Sea Snakes'
What is the top part of the sea turtle shell called that covers their back?
What is 'carapice'
Where is the salt gland of the crocodile found?
What is 'on their tongue'
Why are sea snakes not a threat to humans despite being highly venomous?
What is 'their mouth is to small to get a good bite'
What is 'in the galapagos islands'
What are the 4 main categories of marine reptiles?
What is 'Turtles, Crocodiles, Snakes, and Lizards'
What is the bottom portion of the sea turtle shell called that covers their stomach?
What is 'plastron'
Name one of the aquatic adaptations crocodiles have:
What is 'flattened tail from side to side' or 'webbed feet' or 'palatal valve' or 'closed nostril' or 'moveable scales to cover eardrum'
Where is the salt gland found on sea snakes?
What is 'In their mouth'
Where is the salt gland found on marine iguanas?
What is 'in their nostrils'
How many years ago did marine reptiles first appear?
What is '300 million years ago'
What is the average survival rate to adulthood for sea turtles? ( ex: ___ out of every ____)
What is '1 out of every 1000'
On average, how many eggs do crocodiles lay per clutch?
What is '50 eggs'
Sea snakes are unique in the sense that they are 'ovovivipaous'. What does this mean?
What is 'they give birth to live young'
What is the approximate depth that marine iguanas can dive to?
What is 'about 30 feet'